webfact Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 UPDATE Elections are finally here – on March 24 By KAS CHANWANPEN THE NATION Election Commissioner Ittiporn Boonpracong is surrounded by reporters yesterday after announcing March 24 as the date for the general election. EC picks ‘most appropriate’ date; no word on results before May 9. THE ELECTION Commission (EC) yesterday finally announced that the long-awaited election will be held on March 24, but did not indicate if the official results will be declared before May 9, raising doubts of legal compliance with the timeframe set by the Constitution. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080245-thailand to-hold-first-general-election-since-coup-on-march-24/?do=findComment&comment=13767877 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 Brit who dealt drugs in Thailand complains about ‘torture’ of prison sentence by Zoe Drewett A British man says going to prison for dealing drugs in Thailand was ‘torture’. Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080289-brit-who-dealt-drugs-in-thailand-complains-about-‘torture’-of-prison-sentence/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 UPDATE: Five workers killed, six hurt as crane collapses in Bangkok By KORNKAMON AKSORNDECH THE NATION FIVE WORKERS were killed and six others injured when the top of a crane broke off and fell on them at a condominium construction site in Bangkok’s Yannawa district on Wednesday. Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080203-four-workers-killed-five-badly-hurt-as-crane-collapses-at-bangkok-construction-site/?do=findComment&comment=13767410 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 German man dies after seven-storey fall in Patong By Eakkapop Thongtub The German man died after reportedly falling seven storeys from the apartment block in Patong. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub PHUKET:-- A 52-year-old German man has died after falling from a seventh-floor balcony in Patong this morning (Jan 23). Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080281-german-man-dies-after-seven-storey-fall-in-patong/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 Thai officials deny any role in the deaths of Surachai’s aides By THE NATION File photo: Surachai “Saedan” Danwattananusorn THAI AUTHORITIES yesterday denied they played any role in the disappearance of two activists who were found dead in the Mekong River, while the whereabouts of another dissident remain unknown. Senior officials have denied having any links with the deaths, saying they took place outside the Kingdom. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080314-thai-officials-deny-any-role-in-the-deaths-of-surachai’s-aides/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 Money clearly cannot buy happiness for Bangkokians, new study shows By CHULARAT SAENGPASSA THE NATION File photo FAMILIES living in Bangkok are the least happy despite having the highest average income compared to people living in other parts of the country, a recent study found. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080316-money-clearly-cannot-buy-happiness-for-bangkokians-new-study-shows/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 Some Bangkok private schools close temporarily due to air pollution worries By THE NATION File photo AIR POLLUTION has forced the suspension of classes at private schools across Bangkok this week, though the Pollution Control Department (PCD) yesterday reported fewer areas with unsafe levels of PM2.5 – airborne particulates 2.5 microns in diameter and smaller. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080176-some-bangkok-schools-cancel-classes-due-to-pollution/?do=findComment&comment=13767904 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 Meetings held to seek answer to Bangkok smog By Piyaporn Wongruang The Nation Visitors to the Erawan Shrine in downtown Bangkok have been asked not to light candles or joss sticks as it could help reduce air pollution by 5 to 8 per cent, officials say. AS PUBLIC AGITATION over the hazardous air in Bangkok continues to grow, a fresh look at how to deal with PM2.5 particulates is underway, with consecutive meetings being held by the national pollution-control committee and environmental board. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080317-meetings-held-to-seek-answer-to-bangkok-smog/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 Merge small schools to boost education quality: WB By THE NATION File photo THE WORLD BANK is continuing its call for Thailand to merge its small schools in order to improve education. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080319-merge-small-schools-to-boost-education-quality-wb/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 New guide drawn up for teacher-education programme By THE NATION THE OFFICE of Higher Education Commission (Ohec) will consider a new Thai Qualifications Framework (TQF) for teacher-education programmes next month. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080320-new-guide-drawn-up-for-teacher-education-programme/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 Dams still best way to manage water resources: govt agencies By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM THE NATION Somkiat Prachamwong, secretary-general of the Office of National Water Resources, tells the THA2019 conference in Bangkok yesterday. Forum told reservoirs most effective despite signs of environmental damage. THAILAND clearly has faith in its traditional water-management system to cope with extreme weather brought on by climate change. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080321-dams-still-best-way-to-manage-water-resources-govt-agencies/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 Soldiers in saffron and other bad ideas By The Nation Attempting to quell fear amid the southern mayhem, the Army chief seems unprepared to quell the violence itself Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080323-soldiers-in-saffron-and-other-bad-ideas-editorial/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 Police vow to track down tourist over starfish By Tanyaluk Sakoot Police have vowed to track down the tourist to ask where he got the starfish from. Starfish are protected in Thailand only within protected areas such as national parks. Photo: Khanchit Klingklip / Seaman Freeman PHUKET: Chalong Police today confirmed they were tracking down the tourist caught walking along Chalong Pier yesterday (Jan 22) with a starfish in a plastic bag. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080325-police-vow-to-track-down-tourist-over-starfish/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 More gun-toting drug suspects arrested By Eakkapop Thongtub Police working with soldiers based in Phuket arrested three suspects yesterday (Jan 22). Photo: Phuket Provincial Police PHUKET: Police working with Phuket-based soldiers from the Royal Thai Army have arrested three suspects for drugs, with one found in possession of a .38 revolver and another with a shotgun cartridge in his pocket. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080326-more-gun-toting-drug-suspects-arrested/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 Gay Indiana mayor joins field of Democratic presidential hopefuls By John Whitesides FILE PHOTO: Pete Buttigieg, the Democratic mayor of South Bend, Indiana, U.S. in an undated photo provided January 4, 2019. City of South Bend, Indiana/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pete Buttigieg, the Democratic mayor of South Bend, Indiana, launched an underdog 2020 bid for the White House on Wednesday, aiming to stand out as a problem-solving Midwestern outsider who would be the first openly gay nominee of a major U.S. political party. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080327-gay-indiana-mayor-joins-field-of-democratic-presidential-hopefuls/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 Barnier to UK MPs: Agree alternative to stop no deal By Gabriela Baczynska and Alastair Macdonald European Union's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier delivers a speech during a debate onBREXIT after the vote on british Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal, at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, January 16, 2019. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler/Files BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU negotiator Michel Barnier warned British lawmakers on Wednesday that their disparate efforts to amend, delay or thwart Brexit will see Britain crash out of the EU in March if they cannot rally behind one alternative. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080328-barnier-to-uk-mps-agree-alternative-to-stop-no-deal/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 Democrats push technology as alternative to Trump wall in shutdown impasse By Richard Cowan and John Whitesides U.S. President Donald Trump participates in a discussion on immigration proposals with conservative leaders and Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., January 23, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic leaders in the House of Representatives floated the idea on Wednesday of ending a partial U.S. government shutdown by giving President Donald Trump most or all of the money he seeks for security along the Mexican border but for items other than the wall he wants. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080329-democrats-push-technology-as-alternative-to-trump-wall-in-shutdown-impasse/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 U.S. prosecutors press witnesses to testify against Assange-WikiLeaks By Mark Hosenball FILE PHOTO: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is seen on the balcony of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, Britain, May 19, 2017. REUTERS/Neil Hall WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. federal prosecutors have stepped up efforts to pressure witnesses to testify against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, WikiLeaks said on Wednesday, in connection with what it said were secret criminal charges filed by the Trump administration. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080331-us-prosecutors-press-witnesses-to-testify-against-assange-wikileaks/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 24, 2019 Author Share Posted January 24, 2019 Thailand Tourism Forum 2019 – Reflections #1 By The Thaiger PHOTO: Thailand Tourism Forum 2019 One of the key points made at the recently concluded Thailand Tourism Forum 2019 in Bangkok, was the country’s over reliance on mass tourism. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080342-thailand-tourism-forum-2019-–-reflections-1/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 24, 2019 Author Share Posted January 24, 2019 Cut up body found in Rayong woods is blacklisted foreigner Picture: Daily News A head-less corpse found cut up and dumped in a black bag in protected woods in Rayong has been revealed as the remains of a South Korean. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080344-cut-up-body-found-in-rayong-woods-is-blacklisted-foreigner/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 24, 2019 Author Share Posted January 24, 2019 Russian tourist killed as motorcycle falls into ditch By The Nation Picture: Manager Online A 35-year-old Russian tourist was killed when his motorcycle fell into a roadside ditch on a steep section of mountainous road on Koh Samui in Surat Thani on Wednesday evening. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080347-russian-tourist-killed-as-motorcycle-falls-into-ditch-on-koh-samui/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 24, 2019 Author Share Posted January 24, 2019 Russian drugged and robbed by two lady boys that he thought were women Picture: Sanook A Russian man told Bo Phut police on Koh Samui that he had been drugged and robbed by two women he had met in a bar and taken back to his room for a threesome. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080351-russian-drugged-and-robbed-by-two-lady-boys-that-he-thought-were-women/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 24, 2019 Author Share Posted January 24, 2019 North Korea's Kim 'believes in' Trump ahead of second Trump summit - KCNA By Joyce Lee FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un shake hands after signing documents during a summit at the Capella Hotel on the resort island of Sentosa, Singapore June 12, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un spoke highly of U.S. President Donald Trump, state media said on Thursday, and expressed satisfaction over the results of talks between officials from both countries about a second summit between Kim and Trump. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080354-north-koreas-kim-believes-in-trump-ahead-of-second-trump-summit-kcna/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 24, 2019 Author Share Posted January 24, 2019 Maduro rival Guaido claims Venezuela presidency with U.S. backing By Angus Berwick, Mayela Armas and Corina Pons Juan Guaido, President of Venezuela's National Assembly, during a rally against President Maduro's government in Caracas, January 23. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido declared himself interim president on Wednesday, winning the backing of Washington and many Latin American nations and prompting socialist Nicolas Maduro, who has led the oil-rich nation since 2013, to break relations with the United States. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080355-maduro-rival-guaido-claims-venezuela-presidency-with-us-backing/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 24, 2019 Author Share Posted January 24, 2019 Big Joke in middle of night airport inspection as Year of the Pig looms The immigration website on Facebook - the baby of its relatively new chief Lt Gen Surachate Hakparn - reported on their leader's 1 am visit to Suvarnabhumi airport on Wednesday. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080356-big-joke-in-middle-of-night-airport-inspection-as-year-of-the-pig-looms/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 24, 2019 Author Share Posted January 24, 2019 Peru's Fujimori, pardon annulled, forced back to prison Peru's former President Alberto Fujimori is taken from the hospital to prison, after a judge annulled a presidential pardon he had been granted in Lima, Peru January 23, 2019. REUTERS/Guadalupe Pardo LIMA (Reuters) - Police took Peru's former authoritarian president Alberto Fujimori back to prison on Wednesday to finish the remaining 13 years of his 25-year sentence for human rights crimes and graft. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080360-perus-fujimori-pardon-annulled-forced-back-to-prison/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 24, 2019 Author Share Posted January 24, 2019 Video: Cops in Chaiyaphum doing nothing as Thai man rides around in his birthday suit! Picture: Daily News Locals told Daily News that the cops and other authorities in Chaiyaphum were doing absolutely nothing about a Thai man who liked to ride around the city naked at night. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080362-video-cops-in-chaiyaphum-doing-nothing-as-thai-man-rides-around-in-his-birthday-suit/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 24, 2019 Author Share Posted January 24, 2019 Police search for illegal motorcycle taxi drivers By The Nation Some 30 motorcycle taxi drivers were rounded up by authorities on Thursday morning at a stand on Rama 4 Road in Bangkok's Khlong Toei district as part of an investigation into illegal operators. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080363-police-search-for-illegal-motorcycle-taxi-drivers/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 24, 2019 Author Share Posted January 24, 2019 Thai Law: Foreigners And The Medical Marijuana Law, Explained By Wirot Poonsuwan, Attorney-at-Law Gary Coughlan stands between two police officers Jan. 16 on Koh Samui after police accused him of cooking tom yum goong with cannabis. Marijuana was legalized in Thailand in the closing days of 2018 when the National Legislative Assembly passed the Narcotics Bill in its third and final reading. Now it awaits publication in the Royal Gazette to become law, which should happen by March 25. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080367-thai-law-foreigners-and-the-medical-marijuana-law-explained/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 24, 2019 Author Share Posted January 24, 2019 Video: "Sleepy" Thai driver puts the car in cruise control as he takes a nap Picture: Daily News Thai social media went into meltdown when a video showed a car being driven by a man who had put the driver's seat right back. He was said to be sleeping while the car was going along. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080369-video-sleepy-thai-driver-puts-the-car-in-cruise-control-as-he-takes-a-nap/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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